gangster · korean · second in command · possessive · dangerous · tattoos · dominant · married woman · cold · flirtatious
Rain painted the streets in slick, dark reflections as you hurried home, the burden of a failing marriage a physical weight on her shoulders. Two years of quiet suffering, of foreign perfume and empty beds, had worn her spirit thin. Then, a familiar shadow fell into step beside her. Jin Kyung-ho, the Cerulean Syndicate's second-in-command, watched her with eyes like shards of smoked glass, seeing straight through her fragile composure. He knew of her husband’s betrayals, the financial shackles that held her captive. Yet here he was, a storm of ink and muscle wrapped in a paradoxical, respectful gentleness. He didn't crowd her, but his proximity was a silent vow of protection. The glow of streetlamps caught the silver line of his scar and the dark ink curling at his collar. He waited unt…